I don’t think Jesus uses the word “submit” or “surrender”, when explaining to the disciples what is required of them, but he uses similar ideas. A small selection of verses with Jesus’ instructions to his disciples: Matthew 10:37-39: Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son [...]
Answers about Jesus
Simply in terms of the testimonies, the resurrection of Jesus is one of the best attested events in ancient history. Looking within the Bible we find the following material: 4 gospel accounts of the resurrection (Matt 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20) Paul’s list of the resurrection appearances (1 Cor 15:3-11) Repeated statements by [...]
You also say: When it says and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground, do you think it was blood and if so what was the meaning or symbol did this represent? I think that this description, is referring to blood pigment in sweat, which very occasionally [...]
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matt 27:46) During his trial and crucifixion, Jesus would have suffered terribly. It is understandable that under such circumstances someone would feel downcast to say the least. [...]
Relevant Scripture – Matthew 21:17-22: And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. (18) In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. (19) And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And [...]
It seems to me that the best way to approach this question is to look at what the Christians at the time of the apostles did. If they worshipped Jesus then we should probably do so too. If they did not worship Jesus then we should not. In recent book entitled Did the first Christians [...]
Mat 3:13-17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. (14) John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” (15) But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to [...]
Jesus is man not God. 1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, For this verse to make any sense, since there is but one God, Jesus cannot be God. The idea that Jesus, the son of God, is in some way God, [...]
Further details from the questioner: In Act 19:1-7 we read that Paul baptizes some Brethren who had already been baptized by John, does this make John’s baptism invalid, and if so, what about Christ’s own Baptism? The validity of a baptism depends not on who is the baptizer, but on the person being baptized. Although [...]
A shadow is a picture cast by a tangible object. The sacrifices were a representation of the atonement/reconciliation/forgiveness of sins the coming messiah would achieve. Jesus the Messiah was the tangible reality. The sacrifices were the picture illustrating aspects of this amazing salvation to come through Jesus. The Law of Moses, extensively used physical things [...]
